Identifying and Categorizing Potential Problems—Exercises

Basic Data Setup

Main Exercise

Purpose: The purpose of these exercises is to create analysis categories specific to a risk analysis, create potential problems and group them with the former.

Windows:
Risk Analysis Navigator/Analysis Controls
 Risk Potential Problems
 Risk Potential Problem

Creating Analysis Categories specific to a Risk Analysis

  1. Open the Risk Analysis Navigator window, click the Analysis Controls tab and then click the Category tab.
  2. Create a new record. A default value for Category ID and Category Ref will be displayed, which can be modified if required.
  3. In the Category Description field enter a description that accounts for the analysis category.
  4. Save the record.
  5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 to create multiple analysis categories. 

Creating and Grouping Risk Potential Problems

  1. Open the Risk Analysis Navigator window and click the Potential Problem List tab, or open the Risk Problems or the Risk Problem windows and query for the risk analysis for which you want to define a list of problems.
  2. Create a new record. A default value for Problem Ref will appear for this record, which can be modified if required.
  3. In the Problem Title field, enter a short statement to label the problem record. A value for this field is required.
  4. In the Problem Description field, enter a description to fully explain the scope of the potential problem. This is optional.
  5. In the Analysis Category field, use the List of Values to select how you want to group the particular problem record. The categories available through the List of Values can be specific to a particular risk analysis or they can be those defined for a company in the Risk Basic Data.
  6. In the Analysis Sub-Category field, enter additional information, if required, to further group the particular problem record.
  7. In the Validity Date field, enter the date up to which the particular problem is seen to pose a risk.
  8. The Show External check box is selected by default to ensure that all problems and their associated consequences are displayed to third parties as well.
  9. Save the record.
  10. Repeat steps 2 through 9 to create and group multiple risk potential problems.